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The following originally appeared on Blue Line Futures
1. Record Highs
The NASDAQ 100 has been lurking within 2 percent of its all-time high since late February and Friday’s monster gain of 1.8 percent finally achieved the inevitable. While the lack of wage growth in Friday’s jobs...

Below is a list of notable corporate events for the week beginning March 12. Note, this list is not comprehensive and all dates are subject to change.
Monday
Conferences
ROTH Conference March 11-14
Cowen Healthcare Conference March 12-14
Notable Earnings
Coupa Software Incorporated (...

A jobs report that was just about as good as it gets easily overshadowed uncertainty from trade wars and geopolitics on Friday. News that President Trump will meet with the North Korea leader offered a bit of relief for the markets early Friday, but it was really the employment report that drove...

The Bureau of Labor Statistics released employment data for the month of February, and the jobs report blew expectations out of the water.
Here’s a rundown of everything you need to know.
What You need To Know
The nonfarm payroll number came in at +313,000, and the private payroll...

The Non-Farm Payrolls report focuses on wages once again especially after the blockbuster report for January.
Expectations are slightly lower, and an upside surprise cannot be ruled out.
The trade worries are set to cast a dark cloud on any outcome.
The Average Hourly Earnings...

Hawkish or dovish? That’s the question that many market watchers and investors have been wondering about newly appointed Fed Chair Jerome Powell and his approach to the Federal Reserve’s monetary policies as the head of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC).
Yesterday, Powell...

The Nevada state gaming control board released its report on gaming revenue for the Las Vegas area in January.
Nevada's non-restricted gaming licensees reported a total “gaming win” of $1.015 billion in January, a 2 percent year-over-year decrease.
Statewide revenue is now up 1.5...

This week we have several very important economic reports and new Fed Chairman Jerome Powell's first Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress. These top tier reports, will give us key data on future indicators regarding factories, jobs, consumer confidence, and insight to the...

IN THE NEWS
Litecoin has mostly avoided the sell-off in other top cryptocurrencies in the past week ahead of Monday's launch of LitePay: Link
The pharmaceutical industry is lobbying to reverse part of the recent Congressional spending bill that shifted a $10-billion consumer aid burden from...

The Eurozone was a strong performer in 2017, owing to strong economic growth and fundamentals. However, the global market sell-off in early February might have weighed on the performance of the 19-nation bloc.
Into The Headlines
IHS Markit's Composite Flash Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) for...

Where to go, where to go? That appeared to be the challenge facing the three major benchmarks in the early going today as they wandered in and out of positive territory ahead of the opening.
Without much news to influence trading in either direction, the markets initially looked like they were...

Undoubtedly, the overall outlook for the U.S. housing industry remains positive, with a healthy economy and strong job market helping the demand side of the equation. However, the limited supply of homes for sale has been the biggest issue facing the market and it will continue to be so in 2018....

The last week has been a roller coaster ride, though more down than up, and investors have done what they always do during market crises. The fear factor rises, some investors sell and head for the safer pastures, some are paralyzed not knowing what to do, and some double down as contrarians...

Last year, the MSCI Japan Index rose 24.3 percent, outpacing the S&P 500 by 260 basis points. Japanese stocks are off to another fine start in 2018 with the MSCI Japan Index trading higher by 7.6 percent.
Bullishness for Japanese equities is prompting some traders to consider juicing...